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Plant diversity in grasslands: Multi-species swards outperform even in drought conditions
Averaged across the two years of the trial, mixtures with all six species - grasses, legumes and herbs - produced the highest yields, and yielded more than the best of the six monocultures.
17 Aug 2021
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New TILDA report reveals hopes and resilience of older adults through COVID
Research gives voice to those most affected by policy restrictions during the COVID pandemic and calls into question society's attitudes to ageing.
17 Aug 2021
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Trinity hosts first in-person graduation ceremonies since COVID-19 closure
Trinity is the first university in Ireland to proceed with an in-person graduation event. In keeping with COVID-19 protocols the events are held outdoors and attendance is limited to 200.
11 Aug 2021
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Cancer-killing cells are diverted into fat and away from tumours in obese cancer patients
Scientists have, however, discovered a key biological pathway that – when targeted with drugs – can reduce the extent to which the cancer-killing cells are erroneously diverted.
9 Aug 2021
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Trinity to welcome Royal Society Science Foundation Ireland University Research Fellows
Two researchers – Dr Michael Gibbons and Dr Michelle Browne – will join Trinity after winning University Research Fellowships to pursue research addressing issues of sustainability.
5 Aug 2021
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Trinity launches new, flexible micro-credentials for future-fit, agile learning
Trinity’s first ever micro-credentials lead the way with cutting-edge content in the fields of leadership, sustainability, social impact and health.
4 Aug 2021
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Legal experts find significant lack of transparency around key COVID-19 decisions taken in Ireland
In the report (Public Health Law During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Ireland), the experts address many different facets of life impacted by such decisions, including the impact on people living in prisons and direct provision centres, and on Ireland’s approach to counting deaths from COVID-19.
4 Aug 2021
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Researchers find inappropriate and unnecessary vitamin D testing in Dublin
Researchers found that one in four patients have their vitamin D frequently checked by their GP, and yet some remain deficient after several tests. Young adults and males were most likely to have low vitamin D but were retested the least.
4 Aug 2021
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The music of silence: imagining a song triggers similar brain activity to moments of mid-music silence
Researchers have discovered that our brains encode musical predictions even without music. These new insights into sensory prediction also have implications in clinical settings.
3 Aug 2021
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“That’s not another dogfish…” Researchers film large, prehistoric looking shark off Co. Clare coast
In what is a European first, a team of marine biologists from Trinity, Queen’s University Belfast and Fjordstrong have filmed a giant sixgill shark swimming in Irish coastal waters.
30 Jul 2021
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